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CENTER FOR TEACHING PEACE INC

CENTER FOR TEACHING PEACE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $35,377 to it, the largest being HELEN SPERRY LEA FOUNDATION ($35,377). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$10k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$35k
Net assets
$179k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 20%
01What it does

What Center for Teaching Peace Inc does

Mission

The primary purpose of the center for teaching peace, inc. Is to teach the philosophy and practice of non-violence as a way of resolving conflicts.

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.

Program

Lectures given locally and nationally at 7 high schools, 15 universities, and 40 associations to educate students and adults on how to be effective peacemakers.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($50k) Expenses 100 ($42k) Net assets 100 ($145k)2020 Revenue 42 ($21k) Expenses 44 ($18k) Net assets 123 ($179k)2021 Revenue 21 ($10k) Expenses 25 ($11k) Net assets 123 ($179k)
201720202021
Revenue (21)Expenses (25)Net assets (123)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $179k to $179k (−0%).

$145k
$179k
$179k
201720202021
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2020
2021
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

54% of CENTER FOR TEACHING PEACE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$8k
’17
$3k
’20
−$249
’21
48
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

201720202021
Listed332
Joined···
No longer listed···
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $2k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of CENTER FOR TEACHING PEACE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

CENTER FOR TEACHING PEACE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.

CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
Washington, D.C. out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CENTER FOR TEACHING PEACE INC is better cushioned than half of the 20,681 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−2% · below the median
Months of reserve47.9mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−32% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 20,681 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2021

Organizations like CENTER FOR TEACHING PEACE INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

6% of spending goes to programs.

Program 6%Management 94%Fundraising 0%

Governance

2
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

69%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

DC

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTER FOR TEACHING PEACE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds CENTER FOR TEACHING PEACE INC?
CENTER FOR TEACHING PEACE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $35,377 to it, the largest being HELEN SPERRY LEA FOUNDATION ($35,377). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CENTER FOR TEACHING PEACE INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $35,377 in grants to CENTER FOR TEACHING PEACE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR TEACHING PEACE INC?
HELEN SPERRY LEA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $35,377 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CENTER FOR TEACHING PEACE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing